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Issue: September 28, 1995

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16 stories found - 1 through 16

1. Feature

DOES NOT WORK TO CAPACITY

By Lisa Davis Published: September 28, 1995

On a Monday morning, Rene Diaz is standing outside the corner office reserved for the superintendent in the Phoenix Union district headquarters, conferring with Shirley,...
2. Cafe

SECOND HELPINGS

By Howard Seftel Published: September 28, 1995

Retail Roundup: You can judge a city's sophistication by its museums, symphony, theatre, libraries and professional sports franchises. But the variety of its retail food...
3. Film

THE AMAZING PANDER ADVENTURE

By M.V. Moorhead Published: September 28, 1995

The word "tantalize" comes from the Greek myth of Tantalus, who tried to trick the gods into committing cannibalism. The gods apparently regarded this a fairly serious sin on...
4. Stage

WINGED VICTORY

By Marshall W. Mason Published: September 28, 1995

The most important theatre event of this decade, Tony Kushner's epic masterpiece Angels in America, has arrived in Phoenix. It is the largest and deepest play since Who's...
5. News

REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE

By Michael Kiefer Published: September 28, 1995

In January 1993, James Elmer McPheeters was sentenced to six lifetimes in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor. McPheeters owned a collection of 30 dirty magazines, two...
6. Suntracks

SLACKER'S COUGHSOUL COUGHING GETS ILL WITH HIP-HOP FOR HEPCATS

By Matt Golosinski Published: September 28, 1995

When most slackers get sick, they lie in bed hoping for codeine. Soul Coughing spits up a song. "Super Bon Bon," for example, was spawned by an allergic reaction. "I threw this...
7. Cafe

PASTA MANANA

By Howard Seftel Published: September 28, 1995

Maria's When in Naples, 7000 East Shea, Scottsdale Promenade, Scottsdale, 991-6887. Hours: Lunch, Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Dinner, 5 to 10 p.m., seven...
8. Film

POSTWAR AND REMEMBRANCE

By M.V. Moorhead Published: September 28, 1995

Country living is often idealized in the movies, but director Michael Blakemore's Country Life is about the price of the so-called simple life. The setting is Australia in...
9. News

A COP EXONERATED

By Amy Silverman Published: September 28, 1995

On September 18, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Susan Bolton quietly dismissed criminal charges against Lorne Shantz, the state Department of Public Safety cop accused of...
10. Suntracks

HARD-CORE ADDICTSPOISED ON THE BRINK OF BIG TIME, THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ STILL LIKE IT LOUD AND STUPID

By David Holthouse Published: September 28, 1995

Beer, weed, girlies and greed. That's what little Phunk Junkeez are made of. In five years, the locally grown punk-hop act has graduated from a series of infamous...
11. News

CITY COMPLICITYPHOENIX'S CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL DID THEIR SHARE TO KEEP VOTERS FROM HAVING A VOICE IN STADIUM

By John Dougherty Published: September 28, 1995

Remember Jim Bruner? He chaired the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and cast the deciding vote in February 1994 to impose a $238 million sales tax to build Jerry...
12. Suntracks

GUMBO CHEFUSING JAZZ AS A BASE, GEORGE DUKE DISHES UP A SPICY, AUTHENTIC BLEND

By Janice Jarrett Published: September 28, 1995

From Adderly to Zappa, George Duke's biography reads like road notes from a cross-country tour of American popular music. His trek began as a child in northern California,...
13. Columns

GIVE A HOOT. OR TWO.

By Peter Gilstrap Published: September 28, 1995

Hey, I've always said that good things come in pairs, right? So I was wrong. I went to the recent grand opening (oy--finally!) of the Valley's third Hooters restaurant. Or is...
14. Suntracks

RADIO DAZE

By David Holthouse Published: September 28, 1995

Memo to: Terry Hardin, KZON-FM general manager Re: The Zone's crossover to a Rock Alternative format, our conversations on the same, KEDJ's response, and other assorted...
15. Flashline

FLASHES, 9-28

By Published: September 28, 1995

They're Good Kindling, Too The boys at Rural/Metro Fire Corporation were not pleased with New Times' August 17 story about their handling of the 20,000-acre Rio fire. Soon...
16. Columns

FIFE'S LONG-TERM (TERM-SHORTENING) PROBLEM

By John Mecklin Published: September 28, 1995

Contrary to what you hear from the official press, the odds are reasonably high that J. Fife Symington III will be media deep-fried and resigned from office well before his...